While messing with my Linux console recently, I stumbled upon the console_codes(4) man page. Apparently there are Linux-specific escape codes to redefine the color palette. Awesome! I’ve always preferred the “Tango” terminal palette that recently became the default in gnome-terminal. Now I can use it outside of X.
Everybody likes screenshots: before and after.
Update: Apparently PuTTY supports these escapes as well.
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